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AstronomyAn assault on comets
Over the next few years, a trio of comet missions, one of which was launched recently, promises to provide the closet look yet at the core of these icy relics from the formation of the solar system.
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EarthMonsoon Warning: Data hint at wet and blustery future
Asian monsoons have been intensifying over the last 400 years, and they're slated to get worse.
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Health & MedicineFor Failing Hearts: Gene therapy stops decline in animals
Tests in hamsters have raised hopes for creating a gene therapy to stop the common downward spiral of chronic heart failure.
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ChemistryMimicking the Best of Nature’s Binders: New technique produces artificial receptors
Scientists have devised a new way to make artificial receptors that differentiate among similar molecules.